“The very snow which was going to be so awesome to photograph was also the very same snow which caused the Jap­a­nese Garden to close its doors. Because of the subfreezing tem­per­a­tures, the snow was not going to be melting any time soon.”

During the next week after the snow storm it rained quite a bit, with a warmer rain that was certain to melt the snow. Therefore, when I arrived at the Garden two days ago, a full fortnight after the storm, I was very surprised and happy to find that there were still some patches of snow here and there.

As you can see from my photos to the right, by framing the scenes just right I was able to make it look like there was more snow than there actually was. In fact, the Garden was fairly snow-​free, which sometimes made it a challenge to compose a wintery-​looking image.

By the time I had examined the entire Gar­den, I was done. I had gotten the best pic­tures possible, and my inspiration had run out. But that was time and effort enough to get some satisfying shots.